“Science may have found a cure
for most evils;
but it has found no remedy
for the worst of them all –
the apathy of human beings.”
~Helen Keller
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Those who lend a voice
to living beings who cannot speak for themselves
exercise empathy.
Empathy trumps apathy.
~Gerean Pflug, for The Animal Spirits
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Poster by: 269 Life ~ http://www.269life.com
This needs to stop immediately. Please use all social networking platforms available and reblog to raise public awareness. Write letters. Contact information of public officials are listed below ~Gerean Pflug, The Animal Spirits
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RAISE AWARENESS
REBLOG AND POST TO YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKING PLATFORMS:
FACEBOOK, TWITTER, TUMBLR, EMAIL, etc.
WRITE LETTERS/SIGN PETITIONS
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Write these people NOW. DEMAND a buffer zone around Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. DEMAND they relist wolves. No more killing. Reinact laws. Stricter laws of protection. Stop inhumane treatment of the wolves. Highest level of punishment for those who do not adhere. Add Obama to this list too.
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Ken Salazar, Secretary Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20240
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Tom Vilsack, Secretary Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20250
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Tom Tidwell, Chief U.S. Forest Service 1400 Independence Ave., SW Washington, D.C. 20250-0003
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Jonathan Jarvis, Director National Park Service 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240
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Daniel Ashe, Director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20240
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Mike Pool, Acting Director Bureau of Land Management 1849 C Street NW, Rm. 5665 Washington, DC 20240
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Mary Gibson Scott, Superintendent Grand Teton National Park P.O. Drawer 170 Moose, WY 83012-0170
Dan Wenk, Superintendent Yellowstone National Park P.O. Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190-0168
I can hardly believe the numbers. 605 wolves have been slaughtered in the combined hunts since August 30, 2012. In 102 days or a little over three months, hundreds of wolves have been wiped out. Images of their mangled, bloodied bodies litter FB and hunting forums. The smiling, grinning wolf killers are gloating in their blood bath. AND this is only December. Montana opens wolf trapping season on December 15. The Colville Tribes in Washington state are hunting wolves on their reservation.
Seven collared wolves from Yellowstone National Park have been killed.
Killed late October: 824M of the Mollies pack.
Early November: 829F of the Blacktail Plateau pack.
November 10th in WY: 754M of the Lamar Canyon pack.
November 13th in MT: 823F of the Junction Butte pack (sole collar).
Date/location unknown: 762M and 763F of the Madison pack.
Date unknown, killed in WY: 793(?) of the Snake River pack.
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“Verily these are your fellow creatures
of the great Household of God,
yea, they are your brethren and sisters,
having the same breath of life in the Eternal.
And whosoever careth
for one of the least of these,
and giveth it to eat and drink in its need,
the same doeth it unto me,
and whoso willingly suffereth
one of these to be in want,
and defendeth it not when evilly entreated,
suffereth the evil as done unto me;
for as ye have done in this life,
so shall it be done unto you in the life to come.”
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The Gospel of the Holy Twelve
Translated from the original Aramaic
by Rev. G.J.R. Ouseley
THE LOVE OF JESUS FOR ALL CREATURES
Lection 34:
1. WHEN Jesus knew how the Pharisees had murmured and complained because he made and baptized more disciples than John, he left Judea, and departed unto Galilee.
2. AND Jesus came to a certain Tree and abode beneath it many days. And there came Mary Magdalene and other women and ministered unto him of their substance, and he taught daily all that came unto him.
3. And the birds gathered around him, and welcomed him with their song, and other living creatures came unto his feet, and he fed them, and they ate out of his hands.
4. And when he departed he blessed the women who shewed love unto him, and turning to the fig tree, he blessed it also, saying. Thou hast given me shelter and shade from the burning heat, and withal thou hast given me food also.
5. Blessed be thou, increase and be fruitful, and let all who come to thee, find rest and shade and food, and let the birds of the air rejoice in thy branches.
6. And behold the tree grew and flourished exceedingly, and its branches took root downward, and sent shoots upward, and it spread mightily, so that no tree was like unto it for its size and beauty, and the abundance and goodness of its fruit.
7. AND as Jesus entered into a certain village he saw a young cat which had none to care for her, and she was hungry and cried unto him, and he took her up, and put her inside his garment, and she lay in his bosom.
8. And when he came into the village he set food and drink before the cat, and she ate and drank, and shewed thanks unto him. And he gave her unto one of his disciples, who was a widow, whose name was Lorenza, and she took care of her.
9. And some of the people said, This man careth for all creatures, are they his brothers and sisters that he should love them ? And he said unto them, Verily these are your fellow creatures of the great Household of God, yea, they are your brethren and sisters, having the same breath of life in the Eternal.
10. And whosoever careth for one of the least of these, and giveth it to eat and drink in its need, the same doeth it unto me, and whoso willingly suffereth one of these to be in want, and defendeth it not when evilly entreated, suffereth the evil as done unto me; for as ye have done in this life, so shall it be done unto you in the life to come.
NOTE: The Gospel of the Holy Twelve, also known as the Gospel of the Nazarenes, is believed by some to be the Gospel described by many commentators of the early Church as the original teachings of the Nazarene called Christ. Others point to several sections that are found, word-for-word, in the King James Version of the Bible, which they say proves it to be a fraud. To read more about this documentation
Click: GOSPEL OF THE HOLY TWELVE
“May our daily choices
be a reflection of our deepest values,
and may we use our voices
to speak for those who need us most…
Those who have no voices,
those who have no choices.”
~Colleen Patrick-Goudreau~
OUTSIDE OF THE BOX
Hands of men viciously tear her from her mother’s loving care
a wooden box their choice of containment of a tiny baby bear.
This story is told in honor of those who work to send the heroes there
and with hopes of raising consciousness of mankind everywhere
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Stuffed roughly and mercilessly
inside of the box
in which she does not fit
she screams, she begs, she cries out
to her mother who paces
frantically, helplessly, hysterically
from behind the fence between them
she cannot reach nor save her baby
all pleas of mercy ignored
grace withheld
resistance futile
desperate claws
arms reaching out
hands of men,
ruthlessly
force the ultimate submission
carelessly inflicting pain
overpowered – letting go
heavy lid sealed down upon her
into the darkness
of only sounds
of her mother’s desperate protests
of hammering of nails above her head
and the heartbreaking clinkity-clink
of a handful of coins
her freedom in trade of
profit from animal trade.
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Next light finds her
caged
all alone(ly)
her only company
staring human animals
who gain for the price
of a cup of coffee
a few minutes
of moderate curious satisfaction
at the cost of
her ‘unbearable’ loss.
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In the pit of sadness
hope diminishing increasingly
she begins the gradual acceptance
of what is
as abused and captive
animal spirits
usually do
succumbing to indifferent emptiness
of the imprisoned reality inflicted
at the hands of men
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Weeks pass
the sun grows hot
and just as the last bits of
her memory of freedom begin to wilt
a change fills the air when
riding upon white horses
of metal and roaring of sound
throngs of angels arrive
attached to
hands of men
reaching out to save her
gently,
protectively,
capably
lifting her from hell
and with loving whispers deliver her
into the promised land
of grapes and bread soaked in honey
to a place of space and care
absent forever from cruelty
to roam where peace abounds
a lifetime warrantee
(and a swimming pond)
man’s gift to her
a second chance at life
outside of the box.
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Live Long Nastia!
Author: Gerean Pflug, The Animal Spirits, 11/28/2012
All rights reserved. Copy permitted only with link back to this page.
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NOTE: The above prose is dedicated to Nastia and was written to generate empathy and to honor the super heroes: Dr. Amir Khalil & Helmut Dungler, CEO of FOUR PAWS, UK, as well as the hundreds of staff members, volunteers and donors who actively protect the welfare of our precious wildlife. Special thanks to French animal welfare organization “30 Millions d’Amis” for the role they played in protecting Baby Nastia. Blessings on the heads and hands of brave and noble men about the work of setting a standard of honorable leadership through the rightness of empathy, compassion and a dedication to preserve the dignity of The Animal Spirits.
Thank you, Gerean Pflug
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THE STORY OF NASTIA THE BABY BEAR- VIDEO
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Read the article, published today, 11/28/2012, by Four Paws, UK at:
http://www.four-paws.org.uk/uk/en/projects/bears/bears-in-ukraine/nastia-arrives-at-new-home/
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WHO IS PAYING FOR ALL OF THIS?
THE COSTS INVOLVED:
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SUPPORT THE WORK OF FOUR PAWS UK:
FOUR PAWS UK WEBSITE http://www.four-paws.org.uk/
FOLLOW FOUR PAWS ON FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/FourPawsUK
“A symbol of survival and redemption . . . Human hands capable of so much harm . . . can heal.” This is a wonderful video.
~Gerean, The Animal Spirits
An idiot with a gun shot her beak off. Humanitarians armed with technology restored it. An amazing story (and Emmy winner) from KING-TV:
Beauty and the Beak from Keith Bubach on Vimeo.
(Thanks to Rachel Clark for tipping me to this).
IN THE INTEREST OF FAIRNESS
It appears that man”kind”
is more the problem
than the solution
to the ever increasing loss of rain forests,
the polar ice caps
our polluted oceans, rivers and streams,
and the disappearance of the majestic species of the animal kingdom.
I wonder . . .
if nonhuman animals were in charge of the thinning out
of grossly-over-populated man”kind,”
who is the criminally-careless destroyer
of this earth
how would they choose to handle the “inconvenient situation” ?
would they club us to death,
indiscriminantly kill the mother’s of nursing babies,
destroy our communities, drive us from our homes
take away our food so that we simply died of starvation
or perhaps set iron traps that broke our bones,
leaving us there in terror and overwhelming pain
to either die alone
or to be fed upon by another species.
Or would they scare us in mass groups
so that in a desperate act of survival,
we ran together into large nets
left to die in mass prisons.
We might be excellent specimens
in a laboratory
for understanding the effects
of greed and indifference
on all of creation
Perhaps they would kill us just for the fun of it,
once dead, in ridiculous pose, sit upon our backs
and have their photos taken of the grizzly prize
awaiting pending posting
to their Facebook pages.
I don’t think so.
The Animal Spirits
live at a much higher level
of consciousness
than this.
~Gerean Pflug for The Animal Spirits
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Author: Gerean Pflug, 11/25/2012 ~ All rights reserved.
Copy permitted along with a link back to this page.
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JESSICA THE HIPPO – PART 2
Jessica meets Charlie ~
THE ANIMAL SPIRITS 